Martin Luther is reported to have said the following:

“If you preach the Gospel in all aspects with the exception of the issues which deal specifically with your time you are not preaching the Gospel at all.”

I was struck by the pertinence of Luther’s words along with the appeal to speak a culturally relevant language. He illustrates the fact that you can have an amazing message to communicate, but if you do not speak the language of the audience to which you are delivering this amazing message, you have failed.

You’ve failed.

If I, and English speaker, want to tell a German-speaking audience how to make a million dollars selling the trash from their trashcan on eBay and I do not translate that message into German, they will not hear it. They won’t hear it and the power and relevancy of that life-changing message will be lost.

So it is with the church. We need to be speaking a culturally relevant language – “the issues which deal specifically with your time” – in order to communicate the life changing message of the Spirit of Christ.

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Contributor: Justin Wise

I am a religious deviant who enjoys coffee, collared shirts, spending time with my wife and son, learning about quantum physics and creatively exploring the riches of the Spirit of Christ. Find more here: JustinWise.me